Oglethorpe University is a private liberal arts college in Brookhaven, Georgia. Originally chartered in 1835, it was named in honor of General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the Colony of Georgia.
The UBC Thunderbirds are the athletic teams that represent the University of British Columbia in the University Endowment Lands just outside the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In Canadian intercollegiate competition, the Thunderbirds are the most successful athletic program both regionally in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association, and nationally in U Sports.
U Sports is the national sport governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Some institutions are members of both bodies for different sports.
The Trinity Western Spartans are the athletic teams that represent Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia. The university's teams are members of U Sports, and compete in the Canada West Universities Athletics Association, and where applicable, in the Pacific division.
Alice Coachman Davis was an American athlete. She specialized in high jump and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
Mary Dorothy Kirby was an American professional golfer and sportscaster.
Benjamin E. Mays High School is a public school located in southwest Atlanta, Georgia, United States, serving grades 9-12. It is a part of the Atlanta Public School System and is a Georgia School of Excellence. The school was established in the fall of 1981 and was named after Benjamin Elijah Mays, an educator, author and civil rights activist.
Elaina Oden is a former volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the United States women's national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Wesleyan School is a private college-preparatory nondenominational Christian school located 20 miles north of Atlanta in the suburban city of Peachtree Corners, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1963 and has existed on its current grounds since 1996. The school includes grades K-12 with a total student body of 1179 for the 2019–2020 school year. The high school is composed of 496 students, is a member of the Georgia High School Association, and competes in the A-Private classification in Region 5. The school is named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and all faculty are professed Christians from varying denominations. Nevertheless, students come from a variety of faith backgrounds.
The Georgia State Panthers represent the NCAA Division I sports teams of Georgia State University. Almost all GSU teams are members of the Sun Belt Conference, a conference of which they were a charter member. Previously, GSU was a member of the CAA, and prior to that, the ASUN Conference.
Dr. Cecile Reynaud is a volleyball educator and retired coach of the Florida State Lady Seminoles volleyball team. After her retirement from coaching she was an associate professor with the sport management program at Florida State University until August, 2015. She also served as an interim assistant athletic director and senior women's administrator at Florida State University from 1994-95. She has served as a television color analyst for collegiate volleyball matches on ACC Extra, Fox Sports Net South, Sunshine Network and ESPN.
Ora Belle Washington was an American athlete from the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Washington was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.
Woodland High School is a public high school in Bartow County, Georgia, United States, serving grades 9 through 12. As of 2019, the total student enrollment is 1,511. Woodland High School's average SAT score is 1,469 compared to Georgia's 1,407. The school's average ACT score is 20, which mirrors the state average.
Tonya Butler is an American athlete who is the first woman ever to score a field goal in a college football game. She accomplished this feat on September 13, 2003, as a placekicker for the University of West Alabama Tigers, which was competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II. She also played women's soccer for Georgia Southern.
Suzette Maria Taylor is an American sportscaster for NBC Sports. She has worked for ESPN and the SEC Network. She has covered college football, college volleyball, National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), and men's and women's college basketball.
The UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Banana Slugs compete in Division III of the NCAA, mostly in the Coast to Coast Athletic Conference (C2C). There are fifteen varsity sports – men's and women's basketball, tennis, soccer, volleyball, swimming and diving, cross country, and women's golf. UCSC teams have been Division III nationally ranked in tennis, soccer, men's volleyball, and swimming. UCSC maintains a number of successful club sides.
Tyler-Marie Kalei Mau is a professional Filipino-American volleyball player. She is currently a member of the Philippines women's national team. She debuted in the Philippines with the United Volleyball Club in the Philippine Super Liga.
Yazmeen Alexis Jamieson is a Canadian-born Jamaican footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Jamaica women's national team.
Danielle Marie Donehew is an American women's basketball executive. She is the former president of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors and Executive Vice President of the Atlanta Dream.
Carla Williams is the athletic director of the Virginia Cavaliers. She is the first African American woman in the Power Five conferences to hold this position.
